My Starfish Designs

Starfish #1

STARFISH #1

 

You will need two shuttles.  If you are using one color, wind continuously. 

I used size 20 DMC for the solid yellow and size 20 hand dyed thread for the variegated.  It will be about 4” in size 20 thread if tatted tightly.

 

Abbreviations

R ring

C chain

+ join

LJ lock join

- picot

Clr close ring

Rw reverse work

Dnrw do not reverse work

SS switch shuttles

 

As with all of my patterns, I used front side/back side tatting for this starfish.  In this case, it will be yellow rings that are tatted from the back side so that the stitches will need to be reversed.  I have marked these rings with Italics and Bold type.

 

When joining between rings on the arms - I just find a little space and  put it right in the bottom of the previous ring.  You could make a very small picot for this, but there is the chance of it not lining up right.

 

Rose center:

R (2-) x9, 2 clr dnrw tie threads to make a mock picot (if you are using 2 colors you will have to make a 10^th picot instead of a mock picot.  Just make the 10^th picot and then join the thread back to that last picot being careful not to make an extra space.)  I hope this makes sense.  Let me know if you need help.

C 3LJ to 1^st picot below, 3LJ to next picot.  Repeat around to start

C 4LJ around to start.  Joins are in space between chains on previous round

C 5LJ around

C 6LJ around

C 7LJ around

C (2-) x3, 2LJ around (there should be a total of 10 spaces around)

 

Arms:

*C (2-) x9, 2 rw 

R 14+14 clr rw LJ to next section of central disc

C (2-) x7, 2 rw

R 10+10 clr rw ( Join to bottom of previous ring)

C (2-) x5, 2 rw

R 8+8 clr rw (join to bottom of previous ring) SS

Shuttle 2 R4-4 clr dnrw SS

Shuttle 1 C (2-) x5, 2+ between rings

C (2-) x7, 2 + between rings

C (2-) x9, 2 LJ to next section of central disc*

Repeat * to * 4 times for 5 arms.  Cut, tie and hide ends

 

© 2008 by Laura Blanton

Please feel free to print this pattern for your own use.  I also encourage you to post pictures of your starfish on your blog or website.  You may tat these starfish and sell them giving me credit for my pattern.  I would like for you to send me a picture of what you tat.  Have fun!

 

 

 

 

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